Racing Silver Arrows: Mercedes-Benz Versus Auto Union 1934-1939
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0851840558 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 350 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The side effects were that while Mercedes-Benz developed and manufactured aero engines for the Luftwaffe, the Auto Union Group manufactured tanks and other armored vehicles for the Wehrmacht.. The two German teams almost completely dominated Grand Prix racing, mainly because of their technical superiority. Vast sums of money was paid to them by the German government. Grand Prix racing between the German Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union teams during the six years from 1934 through 1939 was probably one of the greatest, most spectacular and most important era in motor racing history
ULTIMATE MIX OF SPORT AND POLITICS David S. Pote THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF AUTO RACING FROM NAZI GERMANY. CHRIS NIXON COVERSALL SIDES IN AN EVENHANDED MANNER. YOU LEARN ABOUT THE COST OF RACINGFOR AUTO UNION AND MERCEDES; AND NOT JUST IN MONEY. ALSO WELL RESEARCHEDBIOGRAPHIES OF THE LEADING PLAYERS: CARRACIOLA, NUVOLARI, VARZI, NEUBAUERPLUS PERSONAL REMINISCES FROM PLAYERS STILL ALIVE WHEN THIS BOOK WASWRITTEN. JUST THE TRAGIC STORY OF DICK SEAMAN SELLS THIS BOOK TO ME.A MUST READ. Brilliantly researched, endlessly fascinating If there is a single photo that sums up The Age of Titans, it’s the photo Chris Nixon has chosen for the cover of this book. It shows the Mercedes Benz and Auto Union streamliners on the banks of AVUS in Berlin, the capital and showcase city of Hitler’s Third Reich and, by extension, the showcase for the fastest and most technologically advanced racing cars in the world. Hitler was a megalomaniac with dreams of Germany dominating sports, the arts, architecture, engineering, motor racing, and eventually the world. By 1937, the year this photo was taken, he had partly fulfilled